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The evolutionary history of a group of native Australasian marsupials that look like a cross between a rabbit and a rat require further research to fill in knowledge gaps, a review by Perth academics suggests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 05, 2016
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Thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology, the public can experience and explore Beacon Island, the site of the notorious Batavia shipwreck
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 01, 2016
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The jury is still out as to why hundreds of killer whales (orcas) flock to a location above the continental shelf near Bremer Bay on WA's south coast.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2016
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A Western Australian first trial to return oysters to an Albany estuary is exceeding scientists' expectations, a year into the ambitious project.
Environment
Nov 14, 2016
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A DNA metabarcoding approach to study bone fragments could reveal what Western Australia's early aboriginal people ate for dinner.
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 11, 2016
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No longer science fiction, Australia's first fully driverless, electric shuttlebus—the RAC Intellibus—has begun trials along the South Perth foreshore.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 01, 2016
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Quokkas are popular 'selfie' photograph subjects for visitors to Rottnest Island, but the 'happiest animal on earth' has less to smile about in the South West, a year after a devastating bushfire.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2016
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A pair of Curtin University researchers has come up with a way of extending the shelf-life of vegetables, fruit and flowers by slowing down the process that leads to them spoiling.
Materials Science
Oct 24, 2016
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Scientists are filling in the gaps about Western Australia's only freshwater aquatic mammal—the rakali, or native water rat, that colonised Australia over three million years.
Ecology
Oct 18, 2016
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Australia could have been home to some of Earth's largest ever volcanic eruptions more than 100 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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